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Academic Programs

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Undergraduate History

OSU History offers a major program leading to a BA degree as well as an undergraduate minor in History.

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Masters in History

Masters of History graduates gain knowledge and skills that suit them for a wide variety of careers and pursuits and that enables them to bring historical and humanities-based perspectives to society’s “big problems,” from racial and social injustice to violence and war.

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Applied Humanities

In our complex world, employers need professionals who can dig deeply into a diverse range of cultural perspectives to gain a better understanding and communicate more effectively. That’s the spirit of Oregon State University’s B.A./B.S. in Applied Humanities online degree program.

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Certificates and Minors

SHPR offers several Undergraduate Certificate programs: Medical Humanities, Peace Studies, and Yoga Studies and the Military History Minor.

History Stories

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Oct. 29, 2025

Printmaker, teacher, curator: Dean Gordon Gilkey’s lifelong devotion to the arts

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Oct. 29, 2025

‘Step by step’: Dean Gordon Gilkey’s decades-long effort to establish the College of Liberal Arts

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Oct. 29, 2025

Gordon Gilkey and World War II: an artist’s service to the U.S. Military

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Sept. 1, 2025

An Eden with only Eves

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Aug. 26, 2025

Mapping restrictive covenants in Benton County

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